The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-04-28
TREATMENT OF BILIOUSNESS.
What an English Physician Has 10 '"'
of the AiIment-A Word or Two.


of the AiIment-A Word or TWO
The SYMPTOMS of biliousness are un-
happily but too wcll known. They an
fer in different individuals to some eA-
tent, however. A bilious man is seldom
a breakfast eater. Two frequently, aiasa
he has an excellent appetite for hqulds,
but none for solids of morning MS
tongue will hardly bear inspection at any
time; if it is not white and furred, it IS
rough at all events. The digestive sys-
tenn is wholly out of order; diarrhoea, OF
constipation, may be a symtom, or tne
two may alternate. There are very often
hemorrhoids, or loss of blood even.
There may be giddiness, and often
headache, and acidity or flatulence, and
tenderness at the pit of the stomach.
The pain felt in the right shoulder would
indicate an extra bad case, but apart
from this, there are aching pains and
even stiffness in the limbs, with more or
less of cramps in the limb muscles or
burning in the palms of the hands, with
hot, perspiring feet.
There may be drowsiness and torpor
by day, and sleeplessness at night, and
all sorts and conditions of mind, es-
necially irritability; fits of bad temper
that come on suddenly and go off again,
and that none are SO thoroughly grieved
at as the poor patient himself.
Bilious people generally fly for relief
to aperient pills, and there is no doubt
that they often afford temporary
relief by relieving the ovey-gorged liver.
&c ,,1lI tr,nn
but it assuredly is not radical. When
fish pond overfiows its banks, we may
let off a portion of the water, but after
this we ought, methinks, to find our
way to the other end of the pool and
lessen the inflow.
Well, Just word about treatment.
First and foremost then, in sudden bill
ious attacks, that are often accompanied
by great prostration, and by urgent vom-
iting, it is best to send for medical
man. Such attacks generally come on
in the morning, at the time the body is
most weak. do not think upon the
whole l should be justified in suggesting
medicinal remedies in this paper, for the
simple reason that cases differ so.
Little good will accrue from treating
case like this, however, if, when he is
once more well, the patient returns to
his old non-hygienic habits of life.
"What am to do then?" may be asked.
| will tell you what you are not to do.
You are not to over-eat; you are not to
use sugar or fat to any extent, puddings,
pastry. or cheese. You are not to touch
| alcohol. You are not TO sit in over
heated rooms. You are neither to over
work nor over-worry yourself. And you
are not to shirlk the morning-tub nor
plenty of exercise.
What are you to do for the aciditya
Abstemiousness, and regulation of diet
and habits, will entirely Danish il, and
you will have the pleasure of knowing
that its absence is a sign of rejuvenation
of the liver.
| If you but try week of the treatment
suggest, feel convinced you will once
more feel a pleasure in life, and an in
| terest in all your surroundings.
But acidity often leads to rheumatism,
and on this subject hope to have mora
to say another day. shall be quite sat
isfied with my present paper if it put a
| few of my readers on the right road to
health, and that can only be got at by
seeking for and removing first causes in
stead of treating syrnptoms.-Family
| Doctor in Cassell's Magazine.